• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

"There are few pleasures like really burrowing one's nose into sweet peas," according to novelist Angela Thirkell – so how to grow sweet peas in your own garden for a pretty sea of fragranced flowers?

EVERY YEAR, RIGHT around Valentine’s Day, I begin soaking, sprouting and starting seeds, dreaming of the fragrant blossoms to come. This year, I’m tweaking my familiar garden ritual. Earlier this ...

CORVALLIS – Sweet peas are a classic flower in English gardens since they were introduced in the 17th century from southern Italy and have transplanted well to all parts of the world, including ...

DENVER — Gardeners begin planting in earnest around St. Patrick's Day. Inside, we celebrate the day with pots of shamrocks. Shamrocks don't really exist in Ireland or anywhere else. They're just Dutch ...

The middle of March is the time to start growing cool season crops such as peas, sweet peas, lettuce, radishes, cabbage, kale and anything else that has instructions on the seed pack that tells you to ...

I imagine there are lots of home vegetable gardeners looking at empty beds about now. You may not have considered planting in February, since March is the month we start spring planting of warm-season ...